Delhi Daredevils
From coach Greg Shipperd’s contrived ramble on the official Daredevils’ website to Aaron Finch’s flash marketing on Twitter, it’s clear that the Delhi franchise are out to shed their tag as perennial underachievers.
Losing semi-finalists two years on the trot before mid-table ignominy ended their 2010 effort, Virender Sehwag’s men head into the fourth edition of the Twenty20 showpiece free of the passengers that dogged their previous campaigns – Paul Collingwood and Owais Shah are gone.
Rather than flood their ranks with multiple new signings, Delhi have stuck with what they know and merely complemented their solid status quo with one or two new recruits.
Team Facts
| Coach: |  Greg Shipperd |
|---|---|
| Captain: |  Virender Sehwag |
| Colours: | Blue and Red |
| Founded: | 2008 stuff a beat |
| Home ground: | Feroz Shah Kotla (Capacity: 48000) |
| Owner: | GMR Group |
| Website: | www.delhidaredevils.com |
» TEAM PROFILE
- Aaron Finch
- Aavishkar Salvi
- Ajit Agarkar
- Ajit Chandila
- Andrew McDonald
- Ashok Dinda
- Colin Ingram
- David Warner
- Irfan Pathan
- James Hopes
- Matthew Wade
- Morne Morkel
- Naman Ojha
- Prashant Naik
- Rajesh Pawar
- Robert Frylinck
- Robin Bist
- Roelof van der Merwe
- Shahbaz Nadeem
- Sridharan Sriram
- Tejashwi Yadav
- Travis Birt
- Umesh Yadav
- Unmukt Chand
- Varun Aaron
» STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES
Proven Twenty20 specialists rather than ODI and Test converts line their squad, with Big Bashers, Champions Leaguers and Pro20ists from across the globe ready to fuel the fire that Sehwag and David Warner spark at the top of the knock. With Sehwag rightly back at the helm following Gautam Gambhir’s departure, Delhi’s leadership seems settled after a couple of topsy-turvy seasons. Irfan Pathan, James Hopes and Andrew McDonald, meanwhile, are all clever seamers able to appropriately take the pace off the ball in sub-continental conditions. Bowling coach Eric Simons joins Sehwag as World Cup winner brimming with confidence and keen on more of the triumphant same.
Weaknesses
With their home games to be staged at the notoriously low and slow Feroz Shah Kotla, the brains trust should’ve vouched for the signing of a couple of kingpin spinners. This, however, is not the case, with a string of unknown slow bowlers instead left to duke it out for four overs apiece. Delhi have spent a considerable amount of cash on overseas recruits that don’t quite make the grade for their country, and gambling on the likes of Roelof van der Merwe, Robbie Frylinck, Travis Birt, etc might backfire.
» FIXTURES
Home Matches
| Apr 10, 2011 Sunday | Mumbai Indians | Mumbai Indians won by 8 wickets |
| Apr 19, 2011 Tuesday | Deccan Chargers | |
| Apr 23, 2011 Saturday | Punjab Kings | |
| Apr 26, 2011 Tuesday | Royal Challengers | |
| Apr 28, 2011 Thursday | Kolkata Knight Riders | |
| May 02, 2011 Monday | Kochi Tuskers Kerala | |
| May 21, 2011 Saturday | Pune Warriors |
Away Matches
| Apr 12, 2011 Tuesday | Rajasthan Royals (Jaipur) | Rajasthan Royals won by 6 wickets |
| Apr 17, 2011 Sunday | Pune Warriors (Dr DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai) | |
| Apr 30, 2011 Saturday | Kochi Tuskers Kerala (Kochi) | |
| May 05, 2011 Thursday | Deccan Chargers (Hyderabad) | |
| May 07, 2011 Saturday | Mumbai Indians (Mumbai) | |
| May 12, 2011 Thursday | Chennai Super Kings (Chennai) | |
| May 15, 2011 Sunday | Punjab Kings (Dharamsala) |
» SCORECARDS
» WALLPAPERS
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| Akash Bhandari |
| Amit Mishra |
| Anand Rajan |
| Ankit Sharma |
| Arjun Yadav |
| Ashish Reddy |
| Bharat Chipli |
| Cameron White |
| Chris Lynn |
| Dale Steyn |
| Daniel Christian |
| Dwaraka Ravi Teja |
| Harmeet Singh |
| Ishan Malhotra |
| Ishank Jaggi |
| Ishant Sharma |
| Jaydev Shah |
| Jean-Paul Duminy |
| Kedar Devdhar |
| Kevin Pietersen |
| Kumar Sangakkara |
| Manpreet Gony |
| Michael Lumb |
| Pragyan Ojha |
| Rusty Theron |
